Cohors I Aurelia Dardanorum

The Cohors I Aurelia Dardanorum [equitata] ( German 1. Aurelian cohort of Dardanians [part mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

Name components

Aurelia : The honorary title refers to Emperor Mark Aurel .

Dardanorum : the Dardaner . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Dardan people on the territory of the Roman province of Moesia Superior when the unit was established .

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.

Since there is no evidence of the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was a Cohors equitata . The nominal strength of the unit was 600 men (480 infantry and 120 horsemen), consisting of 6 Centurien infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 horsemen each.

history

The unit was set up by Marcus Aurelius , probably around 169/170 AD together with the Cohors II Aurelia Dardanorum .

Locations

One location of the cohort in Moesia Superior was possibly Orahovac.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Τ. Πορκιος Κυρεινα Κορνελιανος, a επαρχος

Others

Aur. Attianus, a soldier ( CIL 3, 14556 )
G. Jul. Severus, a soldier

Sabinus Antio, a horseman
Sita, an immunis

Uncertainties

The inscription ( CIL 3, 14700 ) is assigned by Ovidiu Țentea / Florian Matei-Popescu to the Cohors I Aurelia Dardanorum , as is the soldier Surus Victoris listed in the inscription . John Spaul assigns the inscription and the soldiers to the Cohors I Delmatarum (Dalmatia) .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e John Spaul: Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1841710464 , p. 312, 349
↑ ^a ^b Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here p. 280 ( online ).

[jsp-1] A ^b ^c ^d ^e John Spaul: Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1841710464 , p. 312, 349

[ot-2] Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here p. 280 ( online ).